As a newbie here, I feel right at home. I have been very close to getting a quilting ticket MANY times. A few years ago I joined an online quilting challenge. We were to choose a technique we had never done before. I chose the curved seams of the drunkards path. I am also a "match-y match-y girl" as in all my fabrics have to be perfectly color matched. The fabrics I received as part of the challenge were horrible. No two fabrics would ever have crossed my doorstep and no two even were close to "going together". But I did the challenge...doing the best I could. A small wall hanging using the 45 five in squares and it turned out beautiful. I am proud of my seams and putting together these horrid fabrics. Now, if I like the fabric I get it. Binding sewn to the back by hand? Show me the stone where that rule is carved in.
Sew on with pride oh happy quilters, perfection or not....we are making the heirlooms of the future.
Leave donuts by the front door, the quilt police will not get past them!